Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
Ohio University reached an agreement on Saturday with North Dakota State’s Saul Phillips to fill its head coaching vacancy, according to multiple reports. Phillips confirmed that he is replacing Jim Christian, who left Ohio on Thursday after two seasons to take the Boston College job. “I am extremely excited about the future of Ohio basketball […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Andre Drummond dominated the boards and threw in a couple of rarely seen offensive moves for good measure. With their second-year center working tirelessly, the Detroit Pistons snapped out of their doldrums and ended a four-game losing streak with a 96-85 victory over the reeling New York Knicks on Monday night […]
DALLAS — Forward Markus Kennedy had 18 points and eight rebounds to power the No. 23 Southern Methodist Mustangs to a 70-55 win over the Central Florida Golden Knights at Moody Coliseum on Saturday. Point guard Nic Moore also had 13 points, six assists and four steals to help set SMU up for a big […]
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Not much was expected from the Cincinnati Bearcats in their first season in the American Athletic Conference. Coach Mick Cronin’s team received only one vote in a preseason poll and was picked to finish fourth in the conference. However, a 70-66 victory over Rutgers on Saturday before 6,650 at the Rutgers Athletic […]
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HOUSTON — Consecutive games of being pounded and pushed and essentially bullied by the Memphis Grizzlies put the Houston Rockets in position to respond in one of two ways when the San Antonio Spurs started utilizing similar tactics in the early stages Tuesday night. The Rockets could either fight or fold. They chose the former […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The team that made it out of the First Four will not be going to the Final Four. Shooting 55.1 percent from the field, No. 2 Michigan put four players in double figures and ended the surprising NCAA Tournament run of 11th-seeded Tennessee on Friday night with a 73-71 Midwest Regional semifinal win […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Led by backcourt mates Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the Golden State Warriors rode a barrage of third-quarter 3-pointers to a 103-89 victory over the Orlando Magic. Playing without starting small forward Andre Iguodala (right knee tendinitis) and center Andrew Bogut (left ankle inflammation), the Warriors went 6-for-8 from beyond the 3-point […]
SAN DIEGO — Stephen F. Austin put a little madness in March with its 77-75 overtime upset of VCU in Friday night’s NCAA South Regional second-round game in San Diego. Forward Jacob Parker hit a jumper with a minute let in overtime to put the Lumberjacks ahead 76-73 and forward Thomas Walkup added a free […]
ARLINGTON, Texas — If 2013 didn’t exist, we would be looking at a classic NCAA Tournament national championship pitting the past two seasons’ champions. But, of course, 2013 happened. And it just so happens that neither the Kentucky Wildcats, the 2012 national champion, nor the Connecticut Huskies, the 2011 national champion, even made the tournament […]